Artificial feather.



G. R. SHEVILL, DEGD. M. E. BH'BVILL, EXEGUTRIX.

ARTIFICIAL FEATHER.

3140a mic v APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27, 1912. 1,126,1 O4. Patented Jan. 26, 1915.

YHE NORRIS PETERS 60., PHO7D-LITHO. WASHINGTON, 1::v C,

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GEGRGE R. SI-IEVILL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK; MARY E. SHEVILL EXECUTRIX O1? SAID GEORGE It. SHEVILL, DECEASED.

ARTIFICIAL FEATHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2%, M 15.

Application filed June 27, 1912. Serial No. 706,226.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, Gnoncn R. SHEVILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Artificial Feathers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and improved artificial feather or plume andis -1neant more particularly to simulate or imitate an ostrich plume or feather.

The fines of my imitation feather are made of a new and improved material which is particularly adaptable for making imitation willow plumes, which at the present time are much in vogue. Willow plumes as is well known, are made by taking a real ostrich plume and lengthening the fiues by knotting on to each flue separately a fine from another feather.

As is well known, all ostrich feathers have horny but somewhat flexible, yet resilient fringed spines or fines radiating from the central quill or spine and a close examination will show that each one of these fringed spines or flues has two rows of very fine short radiating hair close together, each series of hairs is arranged in a definite row. The spine to which these rays or hairs of the flue are attached in a real feather has an individual life or resiliency. That is to say, if you take one of the lines of a real ostrich feather and bend it over in the form of a loop, and let go of the bent end, it will spring back and straighten itself out. It is to simulate the appearance and resiliency of a fine of an ostrich feather that my invention is directed.

I am aware that a number of attempts have been made and patents issued on imitation ostrich feathers. An examination of these prior patents will show that the attempts heretofore have been directed toward making the fines of an ostrich feather of some rough fuzzy material, such as chenille, worsted, etc., and the material has in many instances been secured to a wire. The trouble withawire flue is that it will stay in the position in which it is first bent and has no independent resiliency of its own. Attempts have also been made to simulate ostrich feathers by a material known as ribbozine consisting of threads of silk gummed together. While this material gives an extremely good effect in simulating the light and shade qualities of the ostrich feather, it still lacks the resiliency which the fine of the natural feather has.

The material of my invention may be used not only in feathers, but also in pompons and feather boas and feather trimmings of every description.

In the accompanying drawing Figure l is a view of an ostrich feather made of my material. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a flue made according to my invention. Fig. 3 is a plan view of my material before it is cut. Fig. 4 is a modification of Fig. 2 showing the rays of the flue extending in an angle from the spine of the flue. Fig.

is an edge view of Fig. 3.

The material of which my feather is constructed is made in the following manner: I take a series of warp threads (1, which threads may be of cotton or mercerized cotton 'or any similar material, and in the center of these warp threads I incorporate or lay a central warp of resilient material 2). This resilient material or central warp may be natural horse hair, which has the natural resiliency required in the line of the feather, but as this is expensive I prefer to use an imitation horse hair which is now on the market, and largely used in the manufacture of horse hair braids etc., which is known by the trade name of pyroxylin. The warps are of course put in a loom in connection with a sling thread 7 adjacent to the warps, and the weft threads 0 of any desirable material, but preferably of silk, are woven back and forth through the warp threads. I so weave the weft threads back and forth that with the aid of the slinger or sling thread the warp threads are bound together as shown at (Z in Figs. 2 and 4 and have the appearance of a single fine thread. Or I may omit the sling thread if desired. 1 then cut the structure thus formed at e, either by hand or by any suitable cutting machine. I of course out it closer to the warp threads than is shown in the draw ing, so that when the silk is cut on each side of the warp thread, the entire flue thus formed is approximately of an inch in width, or about the width of the flue of a natural ostrich feather. Of course, if desired, as shownv in Fi 5, I may put more than one strand of pyroxylin or other resilient material. For instance if I put in twostrands b, then there would be six warp threads shown instead of five. I do not limit myself to any particular number of warp threads nor to any particular number of resilient threads in the warp, for example, I may have all the warp threads of pyroXylin or other resilient material if it is found desirable.

A flue made as I have described is springy and resilient and light and feathery, and has the general appearance and character istics of the flue of a real feather.

In making an artificial plume or feather of my material, I do not confine myself to any particular way of manufacturing the feather from the material. For instance the fines when made up as described, may be secured together by a seam or they may be knitted or woven together and secured to the quill, or they may be laid across and secured to any material which will hold them together and a quill placed on top. After the artificial flue is made in the manner I have set forth, it may if desired be given a bath of celluloid or any other water proofing substance, so as to render the flue impervious to moisture.

I claim 1. In a plume of the kind described a flue constructed of warp threads and radiating weft'threads, the warp threads being of a material which will give resiliency to the flue.

2. In a plume of the kind described a flue constructed of warp threads interwoven with weft threads, one of the warp threads being of resilient material.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a feather flue constructed of warp threads and radiating weft threads, the warp threads being of a material which will give resiliency to the flue, said flue being treated with a water proofing material.

4. As a new article of manufacture an imitation feather flue constructed of warp threads interwoven with weft threads, one of the warp threads being of resilient material, said flue being treated with a water proofing material.

5. In a plume of the kind described a flue constructed of a series of warp threads, some of said warp threads consisting of resilient material, the other threads of nonresilient material the same being joined together by weft threads of silk.

6. In a plume of the kind described a flue constructed of a series of warp threads, some of said warp threads consisting of a resilient material, the other threads of nonresilient material, the same being oined together by weft threads of silk, said artificial fiuebeing treated with a waterproofing process.

7. As a new article of manufacture, an artificial feather flue constructed of warp threads some of said warp threads being of non-resilient material and some of pyroxylin interwoven with weft threadsv of silk.

8. Asa new article of manufacture, an artificial feather flueconstructed of warp threads some of said warp threads being of non-resilient material and some of pyroxylin interwoven with weft threads of silk, said artificial 'fiue being treated with waterproofing material.

9. An artificial feather containing a quill, flues secured to said quill, said flues constructed of warp threads of resilient material interwoven with weft threads as shown and described.

10. An artificial feather, containing a quill, fiues secured to said quill, said fines constructed of warp threads of resilient material interwoven with weft threads as shown and described, said fiues being treated with a waterproofing material.

11. An artificial feather containing a quill, flues secured to said quill, said flues constructed of warp threads some of which warp threads are non-resilient and some resilient interwoven with silk weft threads as shown and described.

'12. An artificial feather containing a quill, flues secured to said quill, said flues constructed of warp threads some of which warp threads are non-resilient and some resilient interwoven with silk weft threads as shown and described said flues being treated with a waterproofing material.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. I

GEORGE E. SHEVILL.

WVitnesses WM. E. WARLAND, Ci-nus. I-I. ALMSTAEDT.

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